The Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund announced on Thursday that its 2025 profit reached 2.36 trillion Norwegian kroner (247 billion dollars), driven by an increase in technology, basic materials, and financial company stocks. However, this figure was slightly lower than the record profit of 2024, which amounted to 2.51 trillion kroner. The fund, with assets valued at 2.2 trillion dollars, ranks among the world's largest investors, owning an average of 1.5% of all listed stocks globally. According to a statement from the fund, the return on its investments in 2025 was 15.1%, which is about 0.28 percentage points lower than the return on the benchmark index set by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance. As Nikolai Tangen stated...
